"So what will it be?"
The ghost of his father asked as Cameron groaned. "What can I do dad? You're gone, so is mom. I don't know how to move on. Please tell me what I need to do."
"You are alive." His father said while staring directly into cams eyes. His eyes piercing like a knife. "Our time has passed, yours has just begun. Do what you've done your entire life my son."pointing at Cams heart he continued "live! Excell! Find your mark in the multiverse. Do not cut corners in your life. Find love! Find happiness! Follow your heart my son!" Saying this his father turned around and walked to the grave he'd built the day he arrived. Where his mother and brother stood smiling lovingly at him.
"bring some flowers for your mother dear. You wouldn't want to disappoint her." His mother said as they slowly faded away.
Panting cam awoke. The dark trees pitch black in the moonless night swayed with the wind. Remembering to his dream and the conversion he had with his father he stood up. Stern faced and bright eyed. He stood fast. And stumbled to a knee as his vision went wobbly. Stumbling to the cabin he shakily opened the door and gorged himself on water and venison.
The first thing Cam did once his body was no longer at risk of dying was fixed up his family's grave. Placing multiple different flowers from around the cabin thanked his family and his fathers words as unreal
As the could have been.
Noticing his meat stores were already halfway empty and he hadn't even clothed himself yet he berated himself "I can't believe you'd already given up like that." Showering then putting on some clothes his uncle had stored in his closet. Being so baggy cam only being able to wear the shorts for their draw string.
Looking in the mirror he felt human once more. His mothers green eyes reflected back into him. His fathers black hair was growing slowly. Now sitting as a buzz cut. He sighed and said to no one in particular. "How could I have been so ignorant."
Checking his system for anything new he pulled up the status.
576:37:06
Condition- muscle fatigue/advanced mutation
Tier- I
Title- "The unbreakable"
Strength- 62->86
Constitution- 190->257(1028) Aura:light red
Agility-15->24
Regeneration-25->114
Spirit- sacrificed
Intelligence-11->12
-Human average for each is 10-
Learned skills: legendary meditation.
Innate skill Tier I -muscle defense reflect
Noticing the timer ticking down ominously cam fully dedicated himself to training. Vigorously training his entire body was easy. Pushing beyond his limits and training till near injury. After a day of intense training. Half used for every muscle group and the other using meditation for constitution training.
The patch of grass he sat in was bare dirt now. The blades of grass had long since turned to ash and blown away. The circle of destruction from the firmed center got larger and larger each day.
For 20 days straight he trained. His body slightly gaining back its original size. Every time his limit was reached he imagined his family shouting him on to continue. 'Just one more, I have to do one more.' he would chant as he finished each set. Each new day he gained more and more stats than the previous day. By the end of the first week he had gained double the stats he'd gained the first day. His regeneration working overdrive to repair his fatigued muscles and reinforce his broken body.
On the 15th day he ran out of food. Opting to venture out for a day to find a nearby gas station. Cars sat empty in the parking lot and bullet holes littered the walls.
Walking out from the shrubbery, cam slowly made his way towards the entrance. Not noticing any movement or noise he wuickly entered. Finding a lot of produce missing he quickly started filling a Christmas tree bag with food and essentials. Finding his way behind the register, he looked into the kitchen hoping to find some meat or cheese.
Instead he found a dead body. The man had a caved in chest. His clothes slightly torn and a smell of rot coming off his body. Double checking for anything amiss cam slowly crept by the body. Finding precooked chicken and a bag of cheese he smiled. This should be plenty to make it through the next week. Hefting the full bag he made his way out. Once outside the front he strained his ears. Trying to make out the sound. After a few seconds of the sound getting louder and louder cam finally realized that it was a car.
Panicking internally he made a dash for the brush he had first come out of. After a few seconds 3 vehicles pulled up to the gas station. One police car and 2 pickup trucks. Stepping out of the vehicles they approached the gas pump. Everyone who stepped out was armed with rifles and pistols . "Hey!" One of the guys called out. " looks like this place is still pumping. Go hit the switch and get the gas movin!"
Moving to follow orders one ran inside. Watching each person cam waited patiently. That was until he noticed in the back of the cop car a man and a woman were speaking to one of the guards. The mans hands moved erratically as he talked. Eventually he sighed and went back to keeping watch
Coming out into the open, Cameron slowly walked to the gas station. His slow walking was interrupted by his enhanced body's weight and having never been quite in his life had severely ruined his chances of walking quietly. His enhanced weight causing the ground below him to sink with each step and one vengeful twig he stepped on brought all eyes on him when it snapped. Each man looking extremely confused that a giant was gently creeping towards them.
Snapping out of his shock one guy yelled "stop!" activating his ability cam instantly froze mid step. if not for the deadly serious atmosphere it would have looked hilarious. Pointing their guns the rough looking men started asking. "Who are you?" Cam disabled the skill, thankful for a dialogue, and responded. "I'm Cameron. I used to live in night city. I don't want any trouble, I just want to know what's going on in the world." Upon hearing that most of the men had a sad looks on their faces. The two in the back of the cop car got out, but before they could say anything one of the men closest to Cam Lowered his gun and spoke out.
"Get outta here kid. There's only 4 days till the…" a ding hit everyone's ear as his sentence got cut off. Looking at his system he saw something that instantly turned his vision red.
System announcement
Special quest!
The man responsible for the destruction of "night city" who goes by the name of Cade currently resides inside the crater. Having chose to undertake a special mission to increase his odds and title benefitsEveryone in a 200Mile radius is quested with bringing him down.
Rewards
Legendary attack skill
Legendary Title
Tutorial selection from one of the 13 celestial races.
Happy Hunting!
Feeling the pull of the quest he instantly turned and bolted. Heart thundering and legs pumping he nearly forgot about his loot. Grabbing the bag of food and ignoring the yelling behind him he booked it towards the remains of night city.
His stats over the last few weeks had increased dramatically although his agility was lower than his other stats significantly, he used all his strength to jump forward with each step. Gaining momentum with each leap he soon was moving at 30 miles per hour. The road cracked under each step which took him forward 6 feet before launching again. His regeneration kept up with his mad dash and stamina was no longer an issue due to his insane constitution stat. While running cam had the idea of using his aura to push of the ground with each step. This caused him to fly 20 feet further than his regular jumps.
Feeling himself getting close after an hour of constant running he saw it. The broken trees were the first indication. Then the incredibly cracked roads. After that everything was no longer scared and burnt. New life had already begun growing over the wreckage. Sensing the quest was not much further he took a breath and started running again.
His heart thumped strongly against his chest when he reached the edge of the crater. Dark red aura flashed through Cam's body and faded in rhythm with his heartbeat before he started sliding down the steep walls. The systems pull toward the quest was at an all time high now. He could feel it. The man was close.
Walking slowly to the center now to regain his stamina he looked toward all the destruction. Grass had already began to grow amongst all the rubble. Taking in his old home the fire in his eyes grew brighter. Finally having arrived to the middle of the crater. A man was already fighting in the middle. Dodging in and out. Weaving punches and grabs like they were in slow motion, the man in a black suit took his time fighting. Turning his head slightly left as the challengers heel sailed by an inch away from his chin.
"Good good. I can see you worked hard. Join me or die. You have 5 seconds." Upon saying this the challenger charged forward to strike again. " Welp, I tried." Cade's body flickered like lightning before returning to his original position. Falling with a thump, the challengers body had its chest caved in right above the heart.
"First one down. A bunch more to go." Cracking his neck he waited like he had just hit a golf ball and his apponent was swinging too. As soon as Cade noticed cam he smiled. "That was quick! I didn't expect another one so soon."
The man that stood before Cam held a slim build, a large scar on his face, dark hair, and glowing red eyes. Smiling at the newest arrival he waved his hand for cam to come down. Two knives on his back jingled with each step.
Snapping out of his shock that this was the man that had killed millions. Cam's legs coiled under himself. Eyes showing no sign of mercy and a face like stone. Flexing his body as hard as he could and flailing his aura to his legs he pushed. Almost jumping linearly towards Cade. This jump flew nearly 100 feet forward and down toward the middle crater's center.
The last words spoken from each before they clashed sounded out.
"You're dead!"
"This will be interesting!" Smiling, Cade waited for Cam to arrive.